Behavior is a complicated process. Think about all of the things that go into your behavior – your environment, the way you were raised, your mood, the outcome of your actions and countless other things. The way you act at home probably isn’t the same as your behavior at work, and it probably shouldn’t be. […]
“We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most […]
Promises are social contracts where expectations are set between multiple parties A promise is defined as a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen. As social beings, humans have been making promises to each other for centuries. Promises in today’s world can range on their […]
How many people have looked into a goal and immediately started thinking of all the things that could go wrong. “I hate my job and want to quit, but I can’t afford to not have a steady income.” Maybe you’ve said “I would love to introduce myself to that attractive person, but they’ll probably just […]
I’m a people watcher. I’m fascinated by human behavior. I’m not a clinical psychologist and I’m certainly not qualified to step up to a stranger and tell them how to improve their lives. Like any curious individual, I’m drawn to the things that I can’t understand. For example, I can’t understand why parents watch, and […]
When Kurt Goldstein originally wrote about self-actualization in the late 1930’s, he talked referred to it as a “tendency to actualize, as much as possible, a person’s individual capacities.” According to Goldstein, self-actualization is the only drive by which the life of an organism is determined. Self-Actualization is the highest of personal accomplishments. This idea […]
When we see somebody doing bad things we assume they’re bad people to begin with. What we know from the Stanford Prison Experiment is there are a set of social psychological variables that can make ordinary people do things they never could imagine doing. – Dr. Philip Zimbardo It’s pretty obvious that people behave differently […]
The human body is an indicator of what’s going on inside the brain. Seeing things like nervous twitches or facial expressions are great ways to get some indication as to what’s going on within the brain. You can see stress, discomfort, concern, worry, or even when someone feels unsafe by the way they act. What […]
Stanley Milgram’s experiment on Obedience is one of my favorites. The results are, no pun intended, very shocking. Stanley Milgram was able to essentially prove that under the right circumstances, good people can do very bad things. I think that one of the reasons I like this so much is because it’s easy to say […]
